Disorder suppression in topological semiconductor-superconductor junctions

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关键词: QUANTUM TRANSPORT;    INTEGRATION;    UNITARY;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174501

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

Disorder in a proximitizing bulk superconductor can scatter quasiparticles in a putative topological super-conductor and eventually destroy the topological superconducting state. We use a scattering approach and a random-matrix calculation to estimate the disorder scattering time in a topological Josephson junction. We find that the disorder scattering rate from the bulk of the superconductor, even in the strong-coupling limit, is suppressed in the ratio of Fermi momenta between the semiconductor and superconductor. This suppression of disorder scattering is accompanied by near-perfect Andreev reflection at such semiconductor-superconductor interfaces, which can be used as a signature of such clean proximity effect. We also find that these results can be understood by a semiclassical estimate of scattering. We discuss limits in other systems such as the semiconductor nanowire where disorder scattering is suppressed according to similar classical estimates.

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